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You might want to check the barrel date codes against the descriptions in this link. It may or may not be a first-year production gun.
http://www.remingtonsociety.com/rsa/que ... arrelcodes
You also might want to read this link about the "carbine" versions:
http://www.remingtonsociety.com/forums/ ... ine#p17059
I have personally seen some of the short-barreled versions. The ones I've seen were also ADL versions.
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